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Leontius of Caesarea

Bishop of Caesarea Mazaca

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 13 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
250
Died
337
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Leontius of Caesarea (died 337) was a bishop of Caesarea Mazaca, in Cappadocia. He was childhood friends with Gregory the Illuminator, later in life Leontius would consecrate Gregory to become the patriarch of the Armenians. Leontius attended the First Council of Nicaea in 325.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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